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 enlarge | Artist: The Game
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 2762
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001146502
UPC: 602517745292
EAN: 0602517745292
ASIN: B000ZK42QI
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Classic Album 4.8 Stars August 26, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This album has a different feel from The Game's previous albums. The Game sounds less aggressive but more introspective and attempts to re-invent himself instead of talking about the same things again.
The Game becomes very creative on this album. On the track "Never Can Say GoodBye" The Game attempts to imitate the voices of Tupac, Biggie, and Eazy-E. He also imitates Nas's voice on "Let us Live". The track "Letter to the King" is a letter to MLK Jr, with Game and Nas spitting introspective meaningful lyrics. On "My Life" The Game talks about his dead friends. This album has a much less aggressive feel and tone to it compared to his previous albums. There is also much less name-dropping than his previous albums.
Best Tracks:
Angel (feat. Common)
My Life (feat. Lil' Wayne)
Letter to the King
LAX Files
Never Can Say Goodbye
Let Us Live
Money
Bulletproof Diaries
State of Emergency
Game's Pain
Overall this album is one of the best, most creative hip hop albums of this generation's hip hop. However if you're expecting The Game to be aggressive and talk about killing and gangsterism then you may be disappointed as he rarely does that on this album.
 game just drops names and leaves little to the imagination August 30, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
the Game is what I'd call a made for tv rapper. matter of fact if Vh1 could create a show and made a rappper who could name drop pop culture icons and whatnot then this guy would be king. but his rap flow leaves alot to be desired. Production for me is all that ever sells Game.matter of fact if he made a album just on instrumentals I know I would be bumping to well over half of it on repeat all day. but his rapping and flow leave me bored. this album feels half baked and under-cooked. if he had half the game for the hype he gets then he would have been something else.
 For Ignorant People Only. September 5, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
I would like to say something positive about this CD, but I can't. The lyrics all perpetuate the gangster image that for the most part died with Easy-E. The Game is 24 and that is the level of this music 24, it is juvenile and immature. There is nothing positive in this music, it has no point, You pay $15 to hear the Game tell you how bad he is and how fake and lame you are. It is just ignorant full of profanity that has no point, the beats are lame, and the same, and the production is weak. The only artist he does not insult are the ones featured on the CD. It is not gangster it is stupid. Someone needs to tell the Game to grow up! And to get over yourself, we have. As long as you put out garbage like this RAP don't need you. I want my money back.
Too much filler, not enough thriller October 9, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Game is the last popular West Coast rapper left. This is sad, but true. Because of this, I place high expectations on his shoulders--and I expect him to carry the burden. After the classic "Documentary" and decent "Doctor's Advocate," I was hoping The Game could put the West Coast back on top. "LAX" shows potential early on, but is ultimately bogged down by bizarre production and R&B collaborations that are unlistenable.
The album gets off to a bangin' start with a swimming piano lick and airtight rapid flow on "LAX Files." The next track is "State of Emergency," which features thumping old-school drums and killer flows from The Game and Ice Cube. "My Life" is a slower song, but the irresistably twangy hook from 'Lil Wayne and thoughtful lyrics of The Game grow on you. The Dre and Cool (they produce a synth-heavy beat for every rap album now) produced "Money" is an enjoyable track to ride to, although The Game's lyrics are pretty cheesy and his flow is monotonous.
The rest of the ablum is just plain strange. "Angel," featuring Common and produced by Kanye West, seems like a catchy soulful track at first, but the repetive beat grates on your brain and just annoys the hell out of you. The oddly titled "Game's Pain" is an OK song but doesn't have much meaning, as The Game just lists of a bunch of other rappers again. I was hoping the final song with Nas would at least somewhat salvage the album, but once again the repetitive beat is just not that fun to listen to.
Despite the bangin' beats and effective guest appearances early in "LAX", I just cannot recommend an album where only one third of the songs are listenable.
KING HIM August 26, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
THE GAMES NEW ALBUM LAX IS A CLASSIC WEST COAST.......NO A CLASSIC HIP HOP ALBUM. FROM THE INTRO TO THE OUTRO NOTHING BUT QUALITY MUSIC. FROM THE STREET BANGER WITH ICE CUBE "STATE OF EMERGENCY" TO THE COLLAB WITH COMMON "ANGEL" WHICH IS A BIT SUPRISING BUT IS HEAVEN TO A HIP HOP HEADS EARS ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS PRODUCED BY MR.WEST. THEN YOU HAVE THE MORE INTROSPECTIVE SONGS LIKE "NEVER SAY GOODBYE" WHICH WILL BLOW YOUR MIND AND THE NEW CLASSIC "LETTER TO THE KING" FEATURING NAS WHERE THEY BOTH SPIT POTENT RHYMES OVER SOULFUL BEAT DEDICATED TO MLK. BY THE END OF THIS ALBUM YOU WILL KNOW WHY THE GAME IS STILL A MAJOR FIGURE IN HIPHOP AND HAS MADE HIS FOOTPRINT IN THE SANDS OF MUSIC.
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